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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 106 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4770 |
| MSN: | ZN-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Impacted at Lichtenmoor -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
| Hamburg |
Took off from RAF Syerston at 18:05.
Hit by 4/schw Flak Abt 262, 2/schw Flak Abt 611 1, 2 & 4/schw Flak Abt 606 and 3/Res Flak Abt 222. Impacted at Lichtenmoor near Heemsen North of Nienburg at 21:30.
The crew were initially buried in Wunsdorf Cemetery. Reinterred 19 June 1947.
Crew
Pilot: 1098655 Sgt Philip Noel Reed - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 19.
Flight Engineer: 614340 Sgt Francis McNeil - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F Collective Grave 15-17.
Navigator: 126511 Plt Off Cecil Gordon Jones - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F Collective Grave 15-17.
Bomb Aimer: 1382059 Sgt Roy Edward Cooke - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 12 Row F
Collective Grave 15-17.
Wireless Operator: R/96684 Flt Sgt Joseph Rosario Arthur Coulombe RCAF - Hannover War Cemetery
Mid Upper Gunner: 1437035 Sgt Arthur William Thomas - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 15.
Rear Gunner: 983952 Sgt Kenneth Loach - Hannover War Cemetery Plot 11 Row F Grave 16.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W4770
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=w4770&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
Bomber Command Losses 1943 - W R Chorley
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2021 16:33 | tachel | Added |
| 07-Feb-2025 18:04 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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